Traci and Tammy heard the side door on the van open. Both whimpered and tensed fearing the unknown. Tammy tried to scream as he untied the rope betwee... her ankles and wrist releasing her from the strict hogtie she had been forced to endure for the past hour. It did feel good to straighten her legs and wished he would release he arms from behind her back as her shoulders and arms were suffering pain from being tied for so long. He pulled her from the van and carried her to a bed sitting her on. That wasn't the kind of reporter I wanted to be.And it's damn sure not the kind of person I want to be, either.Finally I settled on something to say. "I think you'd make a good coach, Ethan." His eyes twinkled as he flashed a huge grin in my direction, the air between us clear.~*~*~*~*~We drove for a while without much to say, just listening to the radio. I felt grateful that Ethan and I could agree on road music, settling on a Seattle-based alternative rock station. At the ad break I turned. . I ... I’ve wanted to keep you around so that when I got the nerve to finally seduce you, it would be for keeps! It started when you were sixteen and you came home from some kind of sport, I forgot which one, and I saw you changing for the shower, as you forgot to lock the door. Mom and Dad were on some retreat, and so they weren’t able to stop me from spying on your naked body, at first from sheer curiosity. What I saw ... even fourteen years later, it still drives me wild and keeps the. About when we expected it to arrive the coach comes down the road and makes the turn. The gunmen have two on the coach, five scouting ahead who aren’t doing a good job of it, and the rest are in a line on each side the road beside the coach, with most of them in front of the coach. They make the turn and straighten up for this section while Tom and I aim then fire.The ballista are very strong and fast, so the bolts are quick to overtake the coach and slam through the back wall to vanish into.